Never was there a girl so innocent, so good. So clueless to how this world works. She fell hard and fast for the boy in the rain. Never was there a love so pure, so perfect, so right. They were living the perfect fairy tale, if only she could see. But that poor girl was only dreaming the perfect dream, for fairy tales are never real. Maggie Harris is ready for a boring summer with her friends. But when you throw the new kid, Evan Mathews, an overprotective older brother, and a series of unsuspected storms into the mix- Maggie's summer will be anything but boring. But one thing is for sure: Anything can happen when it rains in Ocala. Buy the paperback edition on Lulu! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/writerbug44

The third book in the Celebrity Status series! This story follows Libby, Holly, and all of their friends to a summer vacation in Australia, where Andy and Tommy have decided to have their wedding. But this vacation gets a little bit more complicated when Libby starts feeling things for the wrong people and emotions get tied up. Best friends start falling apart and nothing is as good as it seemed at the beginning of the summer. With many tears shed and many unanswered questions, Libby must push through this unforgettable summer with a head strong attitude and figure things out, with herself and with her friends, before everything is ruined and she ends up alone.

Paisley Valetta was once an average, artistic teenage girl. Finishing her junior year in high school with her best friend and her hot boyfriend. She's also really close to her free spirited mother. Until one night, Paisley and her mother get in a car accident, killing her mom and leaving Paisley all alone and forced to move across the country to live with her father, the man who abandoned her when she was six. Along with having to live with her dad, she finds out that not only will she be living with her dad, but also with an unexpected roommate. Alex, who is her age and living with Charlie, Paisley's father, is staying just down the hall from Paisley for the summer. How will she get through this grieving, fighting, and finding out who her true friends are?

(Completed)- Aria Cadence has lost her passion to sing. For seventeen years, what she once thought was a beautiful escape, is now an unspoken taboo.Her passion for singing has been torn, broken and beaten down to the point that she wants nothing to do with singing-or music for that matter-ever again. And whose to blame her? Having two successful parents in the music industry and an younger sister who is now America's next Taylor Swift puts a lot of pressure on a girl. Teegan Kemp is the exact opposite.He wants only one thing in life and that is to thrive in the music world. It's hard business all right, but he has the looks, the voice, and the charisma to make it. But one day is all it takes to change that. In that one fateful day, Teegan learns that he has a progressive disease that will slowly deteriorate his hearing until one day, he wont ever be able to hear again. When Teegan and Aria meet that fateful day in the hospital, Teegan instantly wants a friendship with the hard-shelled Aria. The only thing is, he wants to keep the loss of his hearing a secret to everyone-exspecially Aria. But it's easier said than done with hearts and dreams on the line. ~*~ *Completed on 10/31/13 Rankings: Chicklit #40 Romance: #156

Holly Thorne has a normal life in Minnesota. Normal friends and family and grades. Her personality may be a little hyper and bubbly, but all in all, she's normal. Well, except for the fact that her brother, Jackson Thorne, is the world's most famous teen actor in Hollywood. He left their family two years ago in Minnesota and ever since then, he's had nothing but success. So, Holly hasn't seen her brother in two years, but now, she's moving in with him for the summer. What she didn't know about her brother, was that he is best friends with Ryder West. Hollywood's golden boy, aka Holly's obsession. She also comes to terms with the fact that not only are they best friends, but Jackson also lives next door to Ryder and his family. This summer just took a very interesting twist for Holly, Jackson, and the whole West family. © 2014 Madeline States. All rights reserved Buy the paperback edition on Lulu! http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/writerbug44

"Daddy! No no no no no! I don't want some delinquent staying here with Lola and I! You're going to be gone the whole entire summer! You can't leave us here with some stranger." I yelled to my dad "Dez, he is my friends son and he needs some help. He doesn't mix in with the right people and he needs to hang around people his own age. You guys met....when you were like four but still hunny. Please try...for me." my dad looked at me pleadingly. "Fine dad, just for you." I gave in. All Desiree wanted to do was spend her summer with her bestfriend Lola. But that just couldn't happen because Vincent, her dads best friends troubled son, has come to live with her for the summer. This story will go on a journey of the two, with them fighting, making up, maybe a hook up or two? But will it be enough? Will they fall in love?

After getting kicked out of boarding school, bad boy Derek Fitzpatrick has no choice but to live with his ditzy stepmother while his military dad is deployed. Things quickly go from bad to worse when he finds out she plans to move them back to her childhood home in Illinois. Derek’s counting the days before he can be on his own, and the last thing he needs is to get involved with someone else’s family drama. Ashtyn Parker knows one thing for certain--people you care about leave without a backward glance. So when her older sister comes home after abandoning her ten years earlier, with her hot new stepson in tow, Ashtyn wants nothing to do with either of them. Then she comes up with a plan that would finally give her the chance to leave, but it requires trusting Derek—someone she barely knows, someone born to break the rules. Is she willing to put her heart on the line to try and get the future she wants? This is a preview of the first 10 chapters. The full book is available for sale at all retailers.

Along For The Ride is now published as a Wattpad Book! As a Wattpad reader, you can access both the Original Edition and Books Edition upon purchase. When Katelyn is forced to travel the US with her pop star brother and leave her soccer dream behind, she is furious - until she meets singer Zach Matthews... ***** Connor Jackson. These two words make every girl scream and beg for a chance to meet him. He's the world's biggest pop star, but for seventeen-year-old Katelyn Jackson, he's just her older brother. When she's forced to put her competitive soccer dreams on hold to go along on his US summer tour, she's unimpressed. But when she meets the lead singer of his opening act, everything changes and life on the road takes a whole different turn. [[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]